Children Discuss Education and Future Aspirations

Hello, Mr. Mohammad Yousef. How are you?

Yes. How are you? Thanks. What are you doing at the exhibition?

I came to the exhibition to learn about all the cultures, fashion, and all this information, to find out what’s what.

Well done. The stones and the mines and things like that. Well done.

What advice do you have for your friends who are your age?

My advice is that they should always study because these days, only education can help you rise above, nothing else.

Well done. Well do— Can you tell me again why you came to the Kabul International Exhibition in Afghanistan?

Because I came to learn about everything and— about the mines, the stones, and everything.

I came to learn. Well done. So, what would you like to do in the future?

I’d like to become a pilot. Well done. How old are you now?

I’m eleven. Children of Iran, you have Ibn Sina’s blood running through your veins, you know.

The world’s greatest scholars— Al- Khwarizmi, Ibn Sina, and Abu Rayhan—all come from among you.

These great Aryans have children like these. Well done.

We don't need America, England, or anyone. Well done.

The best lands in the world are Iran and Afghanistan.

May God protect you. Well done, well done, well done. Mashallah.

What's your name? What's your name? Mohammad Jalal. Mohammad Jalal?

Shahrzad. Shahrzad. How are you? Yeah, I'm fine.

How old are you? I'm five. Well done. What are you doing here?

I came here to see these people… What can you do?

What? What can you do, Mohammad Youssef?

Ask him to recite a surah. Recite a surah for us.

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Say, He is God, the One. God, the Eternal Refuge.

He neither begets nor is born. And there is none equal to Him.

Well done. Well done. Mashallah.